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Bigleaf maples in the rain forest are adorned with epiphytic mosses, ferns, and spike-mosses growing on their trunks and branches. Ocean-Born Forests The lush forests in the Quinault, Queets, Hoh, and Bogachiel valleys are some of the most spectacular examples of primeval temperate rain forest in the lower 48 states.
Outside the rain forests the plant life is quite different. In some of the drier parts of the country it may seem that the only plants are palm trees, shrubs or thorny cacti. Letâs hope that the rain forests do not soon look the same. Brazil has 382 threatened plant species, of which 46 are critically Â­endangered.